Sentences with phrase «major brain children»

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Dr. Robert Melillo, co-founder of Brain Balance Achievement Centers, says diet plays a major role in controlling behavioral and learning disabilities in children.

Did you know this is also a time when your child is undergoing major changes in brain development, actions and empathy?

Years ago, children were warned that smoking could stunt their growth, but now a major study by an international team including the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University and the University of Edinburgh shows new evidence that long - term smoking could cause thinning of the brain's cortex.

«The major thrill is that we have demonstrated what has long been theorized, but not yet observed in a human, which is that the stress of a mother during her pregnancy is reflected in connectional properties of her child's developing brain,» Thomason says.

Many children with congenital heart disease (CHD)-- the most common major birth defect in the United States — sustain brain damage that often leads to problems with behavior, thinking, and learning.

«Doctors in the emergency room harness the Glasgow Coma Scale to assess the extent of brain trauma in incoming patients — from a child who falls off the bed to a victim of a major accident,» Prof. Pick continued.

Grommet tube placement surgery is carried out in an operating theatre with the use of general anaesthetic, which is a major point of concern for parents who worry about its potential negative impact on brain development in young children.

This article did not study whether the child grew up to have a major brain disorder such as schizophrenia, but rather, the problems in early childhood with lowered IQ, and impulse and behavioural problems.

We know children are experiencing major brain development.

Concussions have become a major issue over the past few years as the public has learned about brain damage to athletes — from pro players to children.

We all know that young people are particularly susceptible to changes in brain chemistry, and this fact creates major concern over screen time for children and teenagers.

«Autism Speaks Invests $ 2.3 Million in Research on Autism Gut - Brain Connection, «which makes these studies the first major funded GI initiative that investigates microbiome, biological stress and bowel disorder treatment in children with autism.

Three major developments of the past 20 years are now bearing fruit: 1) the creation of standards and accountability; 2) research on how the brain develops in early childhood and its implications for pre-K education and child care; and 3) an emerging focus on the single biggest factor in student achievement - teacher quality.

Tectonic social changes — including demographic shifts that have placed most women with school - age children in the labor force, research breakthroughs in the learning sciences and in socio - emotional and brain development, and daunting national achievement worries — have all converged to place a major new emphasis on the quality of a child's learning experiences throughout the typical school day, after school, weekends, and across the year, including summers.

The American Pets Alive Conference is the brain child of Dr. Ellen Jefferson, Ryan Clinton, and Gretchen Meyer, and is seen as an opportunity to show the world that no - kill is possible anywhere by highlighting the success of no - kill in a major modern city, as proved daily by Austin Pets Alive.

Available at most major tourist destinations around the world, it allows families with children (from nine years old and up) to challenge their brain - skill in trying to escape a locked room by solving puzzles, with the only help being clues found in their environment.

Traumatic Brain Injury is a major cause of death and disability worldwide, especially in children and young adults.

Boyce et al have looked at stress reactivity in children and have shown that a high degree of variability exists.21 Traditionally, genetic predispositions were thought to play a major role in determining stress reactivity, but more recent data suggest that previous experiences also play an important role.22 Stress reactivity, much like brain development itself, results from a complex, dynamic interaction between genes (nature) and the environment (nurture) over time.

A major conclusion derived from this research is that although children's experiences during the first three years of life are critical to brain development, the brain remains plastic even after infancy.

We have also found a secure attachment to be a major protective factor for children who function in a competent fashion even in the face of adversity.13 In addition, attachment relationships may have long - term effects on functioning by influencing the course of biological development, including brain development.

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The Child Development Associate (CDA) competency - based credential, Sesame Street, and Early Head Start - which brought the importance of early brain development into the consciousness of the country - are some of the major innovations that Head Start has introduced to policy makers and the public over the last 50 years.

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It counts a Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, a Center for Child and Family Policy, a Neuroeconomics research center, and the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences as major assets for research and training.

The mental health professionals currently working with older children and families have typically never received training on brain processes in child development, and are still using outmoded and archaic models of behaviorism from the 1940s - 50s or humanistic «play therapy» models from the 1950s - 60s, models that were created well before the major advances in the scientific research on brain and child development that have occurred since the mid-1980s.

The major focus of Dr. Clark's research is low - incidence disabilities, in particular children and adolescents with autism and traumatic brain injuries who have serious behavioral and psychological problems.

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Anomalous functional brain activation following negative mood induction in children with pre-school onset major depression